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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment.

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Guidance

Additional Strategies that May Be Used to Minimize Infectious Disease Transmission in Schools during Times of Elevated Illness Activity

Department of Health and Human Services

This guidance outlines strategies schools can consider in addition to everyday prevention actions when there is a higher level of illness in the school community.

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Guidance

Planning for Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics

Department of Health and Human Services

This resource provides information to help schools plan for what to do before, during, and after an infectious disease event.

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Fact Sheet

Help Your Child’s School Prevent the Spread of Infections

Department of Health and Human Services, 2024

This fact sheet shares ways parents can help their child's school stop the spread of germs.

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Guidance

When Students or Staff are Sick

Department of Health and Human Services, 2024

This resource provides strategies to help schools slow the spread of infectious diseases when children or staff become ill.

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Guidance

Everyday Actions for Schools to Prevent and Control the Spread of Infections

Department of Health and Human Services, 2024

This guidance outlines routine actions and strategies to help keep students healthy by minimizing the spread of infections in school settings.

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Guidance

Preventing Spread of Infections in K-12 Schools

Department of Health and Human Services, 2024

This guidance is designed to maximize school attendance and its benefits for all students, while also preventing the spread of infectious diseases. It consolidates and simplifies previous recommendations intended specifically for K-12 school settings.

Guidance

Bomb Threat Guide

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Department of Justice, 2023

This guide provides awareness and guidance in preparing for and reacting to a bomb threat. It assists decision makers with assessment of and response to received bomb threats.

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What to Do: Suspicious or Unattended Item

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2022

This video demonstrates how individuals can determine whether an item is suspicious or unattended to help individuals and communities prepare and react appropriately.

Webinar

Incorporating Sextortion Prevention, Response, and Recovery into School Emergency Operations Plans

Department of Education, 2016

This webinar provides statistics and background information on sextortion, describes how students can be both victims and perpetrators, and shares how education agencies can develop measures to prevent and protect students from sextortion with support from local and federal agencies.

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Mass Bomb Threats Postcard

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2023

This postcard provides awareness on mass bomb threat campaigns, illustrating their impacts and indicators along with a focus on evaluating risk levels and threat response options.